Current status update - (chapter 95)

That certainly is possible, hopefully they will test it first...

Ok guys, whist we wait for ch 95, one topic that has not been discussed is Tashana and Irrilliths' new combined powers. There seems to have been a very close sharing between them, does that mean that synergy powers may emerge? For example, could Irrilith (or now, maybe Tashana) enter the digital network of an enemy ship at long distance, and then employ pyrokinesis?? either normally or digitally - what would digital pyrokinesis look like?? Tef has devoted a little time to describing this semi-merging, this is setting us up for something new in my opinion....

Timbo

I don't think any of the other races actually dared to attack them because of their superior technology and lack of information becasue of their strict "xenophobia" outside of the border. The amount of ships required to protect the other 2 allies might actually weaken the enough to be voulnerable to an attack of the combined kintark and drakkar with help of the BSP.

ChrisW

Yup...that about sums it up. I mentioned this before...just John's side had more ships on it than were in the Battle of Regulus.

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

OK, Help me figure this out, The Maliri Empire covers the "Top" of all of the other empires. Has 12 Houses, Spent 1,000's of years of infighting / battling the other houses, each with their own military During Tashana’s Meltdown over John and the Armada she was able to put together with some of the smaller houses the battle involved 1,000’s of ships on each side, May Battleship class or larger. To me, This would tell me that as a unified Maliri force, They would probably outnumber all of the other races put together from just a size of military force.

Master Laurent

I like this one for when Jade finds out about T-Fed and them taking her kin. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZxhWqxwsBQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZxhWqxwsBQ</a>

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

OK, Anybody picturing Faye in a Cheer Leaders outfit on her new body dancing to this song as she makes her debut. <a href="https://youtu.be/xo1VInw-SKc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/xo1VInw-SKc</a>

Master Laurent

Lol, same here

The advantage of 1Tb of data a month

Forbsey

I think I'm going to go over my data cap this month with all the refreshes.:)

MuddMaxx

OK, have the French Press with Organic Sumatran beans ready to have with the Roast and enjoy while reading chapter 95. It is 10:31 Tefler Time.

Master Laurent

I would say anything less than a deathmachine would be pretty dissapointing after those months of work. Alternatively Dana could build a second frame for pure combat purposes.

ChrisW

Faye’s New Body, Bigger Questions? Grand Engineering Overlord Enhancements. I am sure that she will have a body built for Sex that will drive John and any sexual partner to a point of bliss beyond imagine. I can see vibrating fingers / tongues, etc. The Bigger Questions in my mind are her other gifts? 1. We she be super strong? 2. Super Sight with Amazing Eyes 3. Built in Weapons 4. Will she permanently move into this body, or will her avatars take turns. If it is permanent what about her positions as pilot for everything Lion? 5. Anti-Gravity Generators built in? 6. Existing Computer System in the Invictus?

Master Laurent

That was on the odds post.

Master Laurent

I'm thinking that the Maliri are going to want/need sons to even out the population ratio. I also think that John was sad and worried that the young matriarchs would ask for sons if he gives them the choice. Worried because it seems that progenitors war with and murder their relatives.

I find the potential dynamic around BSP and John's mother very interesting. If we assume that John's mother Jessica is BSP's thrall (speculation) then the eventual defeat of BSP could get tricky. Remember how Alyssa and the girls reacted when Pro-John cut their Bond? Back when their Bond considered life without John not worth living? Add that to the BSP/Jessica scenaria and you essentially got yourself a hostage situation :/

Body for Faye

MuddMaxx

Speculations: Help Me out Community: Open Story Arc’s 1. Proj. John battle 2. Jade’s Sisters 3. BSP 4. Admirals in TFED 5. Kirrix 6. Kintark - Queen that survived after John Killed her husband 7. Kintark - Traitor Admiral 8. Astral Plane Monsters - So many options 9. Babies for John / Girls 10. Dana’s Next Feedings - Progenitor Knowledge 11. TFED Mech Pilot 12. TFED Fighter Pilot 13. John’s Mother 14. John’s Father 15. 10,000 year old info on Progenitors and Potential Cloning Facility 16. Faye’s Boy’s personalities 17. The New Ships for the fighter bays in the Invictus 18. Lion Space Stations 19. Ashanath / Drakkar relationship 20. Evil Race that took over space station in unclaimed wastes 21. Trip to Brimorian Enclave 22. Body For Faye 23. Jehanna - - Thanks MuddMax

Master Laurent

yep

OK, I am having a senior moment, The TFED Mech Driver was the soldier that was reintroduced in the shower scene and his female commanding officer told him of his promotion? Thinking Dragon March Survivor? Just trying to think of all of the open story arc's.

Master Laurent

"shark attack" Split ENZ as theme music

Very Good, I have a big consulting gig this weekend and I have to get ready for it, So I have been walking away for 5 - 30 mins between checking in on the release. And I have discovered that the email notification from Patreon is about 2 minutes behind the post on the website.

Master Laurent

there is the scent of blood in the water and the sharks are beginning to circle

Morris Crawford

Lol, never just loitering

&lt;looks around=""&gt; I see the addicted have gathered for their fix! (yes, I resemble that remark) &lt;/looks&gt;

Ohh, I like the idea of Charles becoming the one who ´"discovers the rot" so to say, in the chain of command!

imma bank on it pretty hard

Morris Crawford

Odds that Master Laurent won't be the first one to see the new chapter? ;-)

Evan

Odds Jade's Sisters existence is discovered by Charles?

Master Laurent

Odds of Distress Signal coming from one of the other races under attack?

Master Laurent

Odds that John Makes Babies this Chapter?

Master Laurent

Odds that Faye get's her body this chapter?

Master Laurent

Putting the Sirloin Roast into the oven, it will be done in 2.5 hours. In the past when I have stepped away, Tefler drops the story!

Master Laurent

Laughing My Ass Off

Master Laurent

Since we are asking the difficult questions...  Did anyone else envision a clerk somewhere saying "We just printed up 10 million business cards and stationary with Malari Protectorate and now we get a queen?"?

2 whole hours? *drums fingers*

'Thoughts' could well be the operative word there! Since Edraele knows John's thoughts I suspect she knows what he'd say if she offered him an honour guard! Plus it would only be in Maliri space where there's no real problems (yet anyway) and eveywhere else there would be questions about Maliri ships turning up. Additionally, even after the re-fit, they're still slower than the Invictus.

ringill

T minus 4 hours..... rather quiet here. My guess is 10pm London ie 2 hours

Wookey

The Trankaran/Kirrix war is not over. Khalgron was just a single skirmish. As far as the Kirrix might be concerned, Khalgron was probably a very minor setback in long range plans.

OK, BSP Time So is anybody else wondering when the BSP is going to show up again? Tefler has a great ability to have the BSP show up when we least expect him. BSP sat on the sidelines during the battle of Khalgron and per the Timeline one of the early chapters shows that the Kirtank Emperor has been in contact with the BSP in the past. Also, anybody wondering if the Kirrix are going to try to counter attack the Trankaran’s to safe face? If so how soon?

Master Laurent

well the problem with singularity drivers is do they have a quantity of the rare metal required to make them? as far as we know there was only enough known in Human space to make 5 or 6 if I remember earlier shipyard trips right, and two of those had been found by John

OK with the Dreadnought, as it was pointed out by JFL and the end of Chapter 92, it was going to be used against the T-FED “We will turn one of their mossst potent weaponsss againssst them,” the Grand Prelate murmured in his sibilant voice. The Question is where, and it will be accompanied by a task force of supporting ships if one reads the end of chapter 92 and makes the appropriate assumptions. The Question is where will they strike. I think that the Kintark, like most intelligent, races do not want a battle on multiple fronts with multiple races. I think it is pretty safe to assume that this will be directly with the TFED. Also, Have the Kintark been able to reverse engineer the Singularity Drivers and are now installing them on the Kintark Fleet? My Bet is they will be installing them and following the same attack plan, if it was not for John they would have succeeded @ Port Madea so with a much larger and enhanced armada, why abandon the original plans that they must have chosen for a reason? Your Thoughts?

Master Laurent

If the Emperor's elite Praetorian Guard Fleet is at the Maliri border, how can it also be stationed at Mar’Trinark Shipyard? Kali states they haven't moved from the border in chapter 92... ;-)

Tefler

OK, I do not get this at all. The only reason for moving the Emperor’s Praetorian Guard Fleets to the Maliri border is because they only need to be maned and with the idea that no threat is posed by the Maliri. Given the Centuries of history regarding the Maliri, I would think this is a safe bet. I think it is also a Safe Bet that the Emperor’s Praetorian Guard Fleet has the new Brimorian Shields on them because they will be the last line of defense of the home world if the plans go horribly wrong. So my Thoughts are that the regular fleet was recalled for the Shield Retrofit. Same it true with the TFED - - Kintark Border and the Freighter posing as a War Ship. The $64K Question is where are the Kintark Ships going to be redeployed? And as JFL Pointed out from the end of Chapter - They are going to use the Captured Dreadnought against the TFED so that pretty much eliminates the Kintark attacking any of the other races. Your Thoughts?

Master Laurent

8x Chrystal Alyssium is completely immune to laser fire,ALL laser fire.My question is,if John and Alyssas' psychic Progenitor armour turns white,we already know it will be 5% stronger than black armour of the same material,but will psychic forged white shells be tough enough to penetrate a black armoured Progenitor ship?

Braw

The Vengeance of Hera i think

Malthe Mørk Mejlby

T minus 7 hours

Wookey

<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IuVYDZf4kOOwO_mLg4vOrjS6m8swdGxiAn_KbPjY9_A/edit" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IuVYDZf4kOOwO_mLg4vOrjS6m8swdGxiAn_KbPjY9_A/edit</a>#gid=194703146

Malthe Mørk Mejlby

What was the name of the Dreadnought that the traitor gave to the Kintark Empire? it was not mentioned when it resurfaced @ the end of chapter 92?

Master Laurent

I'm not sure about that, in modern parlance caseless ammo just means that the ammo is only made up of a bullet and propellant and no case that has to be ejected.

Malthe Mørk Mejlby

OK, Can someone please post the link to the timeline for TSM? I seem to have lost it again, F**ken Senior Moments!

Master Laurent

Somebody please refresh my memory, The Punisher Rifle propels the ammo via the rails in the barrel, no explosive propellant is utilized. “twenty thousand rounds of 20mm caseless” Key word is caseless - So the Maliri could start to fabricate additional ammo themselves with Mass Fabricators? Your Thoughts?

Master Laurent

With John becoming the King / Great Protector, I am hard pressed to understand why Edraele has not pressed to have an honor guard for John and the Girls? I understand that after watching the battle footage most would believe that they are very self-sufficient in protecting themselves. However, sometimes it is just about the number of bodies you throw up against the wall. Your Thoughts?

Master Laurent

Nova Lances &amp; Shields 1. Nova Lances : Can any Shield Technology Stand up to the Nova Lances Power? I would suspect the answer is no! 2. If 10X or 11X Crystal Alyssium is reflective to energy weapons, can it withstand a direct hit from a Nova Lance? Understanding that not everything on the outside of the ship is 10X+ Crystal Alyssium so any gaps / weapons would probably be melted away. 3. Assuming that the Nova Lances were fired at the Invictus and it was 10X-11X Crystal Alyssium the shields would fail and it would be the reflective power of the Crystal Alyssium that would save the day. Your Thoughts:

Master Laurent

Greetings To All, So many Speculations, I am going to add my 2 cents and then I am off the grid for about 10 days, I may even miss the release of chapter 96. No Fun, But life some times sucks much more that one would like. Since productivity is shot for most of us today, I have a couple questions I would like to pose to the community. I will do these in separate posts to help alleviate any confusion in the responses. With Deepest Respect to the Community. ML BTW, If you want to make God Laugh, Tell Him your Plans!!!

Master Laurent

Damn, Tef, you are really moving fast. If you're not careful, we could end up expecting this kind of speed from you in the future, which is nuts considering how fast you are already.

Jedi Khan

I'm nearly at 28k words, so the chapter's nearly done. Just about three more scenes to complete then it'll be finished. I might do a bit of editing on part 1 first, so I'll probably release the chapter late in the evening. :-)

Tefler

T minus 1 day

Wookey

Get a load of Amazon and the US government getting real cuddly... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqIX0FhziIo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqIX0FhziIo</a>

Forbsey

Given how much money goes to their military budget, it wouldn't surprise me...

Forbsey

Yay, a birthday present..... :D (5th)... LOL

Muledrvr

Life imitating art... US Fighter Jets are now getting Laser Cannons <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/lockheed-martin-fighter-jets-lasers/?mbid=nl_112817_daily_list1_p3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/lockheed-martin-fighter-jets-lasers/?mbid=nl_112817_daily_list1_p3</a>

Wookey

T minus 2 days

Wookey

Never mind, can’t do it on the amazon app had to log into the website. Odd.

Hey Tefler, tried to pick up the Ebook on amazon but it is t giving me the option to buy it, just sample it. Any ideas?

I have a test on the first of december, so in favor of my sleep schedule I say that I don't mind it being delayed a day. ... actually I do mind, BUT NEVER THE LESS!

They're the same editors as before, but they did each start helping out at different stages through the story. The last chapter was probably a combination of me trying different things and having a flu bug. :-)

Tefler

I'm aiming for 30k again, I'm just trying to be more diligent to make up for lost time. :-)

Tefler

Will do! :-)

Tefler

Great news Tefler, looking forward to them both. Tefler are the editors the same ones that you have had from the beginning. Last chapter had a different flavor.

The 30th? Really? It normally takes you 10 days to get a new chapter out, but this one will only be 8 days? Either you've really be on a tear or this'll be a shorter chapter.

Jedi Khan

Wonderful news!

Big Dude

I'm loving the ebooks. I just keep reading and reading and there is always another chapter. Keep it going!

Essentially yes. I will do a final check to reduce my usage of a couple of phrases lunarlillith pointed out, but I'll do that after chapter 95 is completed. :-)

Tefler

You're welcome!

Tefler

Thanks! I'll take a look. :-)

Tefler

Tefler, great news thanks and one question - are 94 edits complete?

Yippee too. T minus 3 days

Wookey

Tefler have you had a look at another Patreon Annabelle Hawthorne. She has s great artist Skinni.

Wookey

Thank god the withdrawal is real right now

Mark Hall

Thanks for the update :)